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Show TALBOT TURNS LCC: J ON NEW POLYG.."..' mm lizs umiFEcn ; ge:;:;:t Head of Methodism In Utah Taliis Plainly of Con-' Con-' ' 1 ' ditions. ' ' . TELLS CF BIG FLANS i FOR ILIFF CHURCH Praises VorS Done in First Church by Fastor and . ' -' Congregation.'-" - - ' -r ' J I " ,..' .' t r . - "In the face of developments; that have fceosrua public, candid people. do not attempt to' iieny tht thfre is . considerable po-Ij'Ksmy po-Ij'Ksmy in Utah today. .'Nor that much of it is 'new,'' a the, sense-that' it' has been entered en-tered into since ; the ban was placed upon it by the law pf the atate and by agreement, ot the or-', ganizition which had previounly promoted it, ' "It ia my conviction, arrived at after considerable opportunity for consideration, that polygamy is so firmly grounded in this state that it will not be obliterated hi Utah until, in some . way, the ' federal, (rovera merit' ia invested . with power to deal with it." Rev. J, It Talbot. At 1tie snniiil Mcthn.net conf.rin.V held In the Hr1 hul'.t t.,,i ,,. church this mom ln Dr. H J i.,, , smierlntendent of I... fi.i, mii-. . mi-mtnn. Hurn.g his annil.l . Mr-... were mT-e.-mi tihl,a.ic iwi1. Oa Elff't tig Project. , ' ..' ' ilfTH""'' ,h w"t I he mlralon d.lr. 1.1 i ifjr' lr: Tn-.t al,l .i..na h'Htg lekfS to Our.lJM (he ,',vr. "'ent to IlirT M k. ,-hijr, h. Two IhousaiMf dollars of fbs puroh.. '7' aireadr ben paid, the en-.i-r I?"? C. Il.lt. former IVOiZl - .th ""to" 4rom whom the ehurrh was named. , : . .ki"J ,"nuth- lr. Talbot said will In ' 's. f"'1" hOins the f.nilly chur. h of halt Lass rily Melho-liela. ths First SfUE5i "'V,Ln. "ompe'led slrea.1y " TLW , d"""'0"" work. Of tl.S plans for III eg he said: 5- K'Lli -,1'r. ,h c" '" churcl. m YHi "h ,u" u " onportunlly aa '"J- " "ot an opportunity to met a present aeed, but It le an opportunity rather to affect mtellleontly and tremrn-douslylhe, tremrn-douslylhe, future of M.ihedl.m In what i PSr7?P' ,h mo1 eolldly gmwlns city IS. i1 . eetern country, end what Is declined to be on of the Isrseet. utles of trte continent. "It may safely be predicted that the ves of our church In the whole lend'aul wstch this undertakln with keen Inter. wnen ins real nature of It becomee known, and that many a rheertn word from abroad will hearten those who de-. vote themselves to Its accomplUhioeni.". Praise for First Church. ; . , v Tour years ago." he -continued, "the church, wsa In a most critical condition. There were varied oMlsatione and It was wen nlsh hopelessly overt ome aJtb a mortgae Indebtedness of t.'ii.eos. The new minister found a sltustlon that was full of peril, but which had little of nope In It. In three are all the ailervllaneoue outstanding debts were paid, the Inierast -was met when It fell due snd fto.mM of the principal was discharged. In the year Just eloelns the people have tackled end raised sfewe more and the hiteieet on the balance Is paid un to the 1st of August. Of the nearly ill.OOO raised during dur-ing theee four years lees than tluoo kaa ooene from abroad." Dr. Talbet then paid an eloquent tribute' to the Kev. Francis Burgette snort, eav- Ing: ,. - r'It le quite certain that Dr. Short came to the kingdom for such a time ss this. . . Ood hae honored hie diligent ndellt)- snd the church has reepondedto his Ineplrlng leadership. 1 venture sloe te notify our' brethren, the bishops, that the present pastorate le expected to remain undisturbed undis-turbed until the remaining tsoe of In-defctednees In-defctednees le dlerhenled. until a Sood ' parsonage hae beea provided." Oa Conditions la Mat. He then gave a general report en con-, dl lions throughout the etat. which mdl-caled mdl-caled a aeaeraJ Increase In membership, n gradual developosent of Interest la the church, addition of new church properties and additions to pastorate, and parson-: axes. Touching on the Mormon auestlon. In addltlo le the preosdlng aoolatlona. he alao Bald : "Charity compels the belief that the Interview said to have bees slvsn out recently treferrlng te the President John Henry Smith etory from Portland, Or. 1. by e high official of the Mormon church, m which he wae represented se having declared that there Is no sotrummy doubtless nsw polygamy Is mea nt 1 n the elate, must have been a mlataxe. It Is not credible that In the face of much that Is not denied about this matter, anyone any-one could have made any eucb assertion as Is attributed to hire, la some public -accounts of tlie Interview." Dr. Tslbot then referred to tha progress prog-ress being made st the Price eredemy.-where eredemy.-where a new building to be used as a hoarding bouse aad partly as a classroom . Is being erected on a lot donated for the purpose. He had much pralee for the work done there. His next topic was concerning ths work . of the Federation of Christian denomlna-tlone denomlna-tlone In I'tah. the plan of which is to recos-nlalng the right of any erurcli. which has already opened work In a towa. to he left In solitary ps..e avion of that field untn such time ae It amy he plslnly seen that It cannot, alone, do the needed work there. Ko much of a et.-t hae been made. Dr. Talbot said, hot the difficulty remains that It Is a riirri'-vitt matter for a church that haa onca been leeiaotlshed 4n a town to pull oit a-d leave the Held alone to en-rv,na rue. I r. Talbot naked for authority to negotiate la sll such cesea. After referring to the fV--Mi'v In r- - j (Conliaued oa pae lu , I TALBOT TURNS LOOSE (Con tinned from page 1.) tlna; men' suited to the Utah mteelon field to take up the work. Dr. Talbot took up tha actlvftlea of aome of the m las tone ry eor.et.ee. Getting to the aubject of Mot-monism, Mot-monism, ha aald In part: Bpoctai OotUUttofia la Utafc. "Any report of Christian work la Utah which doe not touch the aeneraJ conditions condi-tions existing here must fall far abort of completeness, and must at the aame'tlme be disappointing. And thla for tha raa-aon raa-aon that theae condition modify tha character of tha work and fli the standard stan-dard by which It la to ha judged. It coaa without eeylng that many reports which are sent out concerning affairs here are wholly misleading. The moat eKaggerat-ed eKaggerat-ed accounta haveneen published which give such a distorted impression of condl-tlona condl-tlona here as to eerlouely Injure the atate In tha eetlanatlon of the country at large. On tha other hand. It haa been aought to create the Impression that condltlona hero whlrh Is pv.hll.hed shout t'tah which conveys any other Idea must be classed aa mendacious. Misrepresentation either In the one direction or the other cannot be conducive to public welfare, but It must Inevltsbly delay the aood time, toward to-ward which all the best friends of the atate look forward, when there will be no occasion for accusations of wrongdoing on the one aide and na need of defense on tha otbei. Church Moat Afrtt. "To tha minds of plain thinking people who have no ulterior alms to promote, who are dlepewed to fairly accord entire en-tire sincerity to the great mass or the people of the Stste, who have ao quarrel with any man'e religious opinions, and who hsve been here long enough and have had opportunity under varying condltlona con-dltlona sufficient to snable them to come to some Intelligent conclusion to such persons some -things are perfectly clear. come public candid people do not attempt to deny that there Is considerable polygamy po-lygamy m I'tah today, nor that much of It Is 'new.' In the sense thst It has been entered Into since the ban waa laid upon It by the law of the state, and by agreement agree-ment of the orsanlaatlon which had previously pre-viously promoted It. "Charity compels ths belief that the Interview, In-terview, said to have, been given cut recently re-cently by a htsh official of the Mormon ehurch. In which he was represented aa having declared that there le no polysemy doubtless "new" polygamy la meant In the state, muat have been a mteialte. It le not credible that. In the face of much that la aot denied about thla matter, any one could have made any such ae-eertton ae-eertton as ia attributed to him In aome public arcounte of the Interview. "One other word la ventured In thla Immediate connection : "With no pretense of voicing tba belief of my brethren In the mlnletry, or of the people whom they servs. but speaking for myself alone, wnh malice toward none snd with charity for all. It le my conviction, con-viction, arrived at after ample opportunity opportu-nity for consideration, that polygamy Is so firmly grounded In thla atate that It will not be obliterated In Utah until. In aome way, the federal government la Invested In-vested with power to deal with It. Commercial and Political Power. "That the Mormon eboreti haa targe commercial Interests, and great power as mn arsmnistuwn ic. nee wi nut considered open to queetlon. It te not doubted that It has the power to control Klltloal affaire tai this state whenever Its idere choose to use thst power; and that such power baa ordinarily been used when occasion demanded le not matter of rumor merely. The preceding statement, state-ment, are herein mads because, things being as they ere, for me to be silent, who has occasion to speak about condltlona condl-tlona here, le for him to , become a partv to grace deception. "Out people In other etatee have a right to know the conditions we face. And the nation at large should understand the ottuatJoa. The things mentioned Influence Influ-ence the methods and the results of ail Christian work hers. Affecta arowth of Utah. "That ' aurroundlnge are undergoing chance le clear to thoughtful observers. People ars not coming to ths state aa rapidly sa mlxht reasonably be expeoted. Cotisldsrlng ths Incomparable natural advantages ad-vantages hem sfforded, thle foot le ao remarkable that the reaeone therefor are subject of Inquiry. The climate of Utah, not severe In winter, delightful ha cummer, cum-mer, with attention to eaa I tat ion. would entitle the stats to be the heeith resort for the nation. The mountains hold untold un-told weslth. and In aome reeled of the etate the timber le both abundant In quantity aad of esoelleat qoallty. The esrtcultursl poeelbllittOT-are comparable enlv lo the beet In the moot favored of surrounding res-tone. Naturally It would be supposed that with such advantaaee offer, the stats would be exploited and Ihat unusual Inducement a would be offend of-fend people ta maka land tnvee acuta her,. "Put anck expectations are hardly Justified Justi-fied by the event. Commercial clube in vertou, towne arc making commendable efforts to turn the attention of the far i-Insr i-Insr public this way; and they are measurably meas-urably successful. Oradually colonise are coming In and taking up lande: and tme movement, deettned to phenomenal enlargement en-largement In eplte of Indifference toward ll. ia cure to profoundly effect the future of the stats and ths Christina work In It. It would ssem that with the natural fa-vnrtneT fa-vnrtneT condltlona, the aerlculturml population popu-lation of I'tsh might easily be quadrupled |